St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-06
The men OF MEDICINE
They Have Gathered at the
Nations Capital by the
Thousands.
Delegates Come to the Inter-
national Congress From All
Over the Globe.
President Cleveland and Sec
rotary Bayard Give Them a
Hearty Welcome.
DR.. N. S. Davis Made President
--Doings Of the Day--Wash-
ington Notes.

WASHINGTON, sept. 5.-lG was no
table gathering that filled every nook
and corner of Albaugh's opera house
this morning when Prof. Henry M.
Smith, of Philadelphia, raped gently
with his mother of pearl handled mallet
for order. Sitting side by side were the
most distinguished and noted physi-
clans and surgeons, not only of the
United States, but of England, France,
Germany, Austria. Switzerland and al
most every other nation of Importance
in the world. 1t was the Inaugural
meeting of the International Medical
congress, and at the. same time the
largest gathering of medical men that
the world has ever seen. Some idea of
the strength of the gathering can be OBJ
tanned from the fact that over 400 dele
gates from abroad and nearly 5000 from
the United States have already regis
tered at headquarters, and that fully
500 more are on the way to Washington.
Among the more distinguished of the
FOREIGN VISITORS
are Dr.. Leopold Gerv ais, of Antwerp;
Sir Thomas LongmOre, England: DIR. j.
A. Grant, hey, of Cairo, Egypt; Drs.
Frelat. Leon, Lafont and Villamin, all
of Paris. All of these are equally ac-
credited to represent their respective
governments. Dr.. Cuymona, of Mexico,
who has distinguished himself in con-
neetiOn with yellow fever incubation:
Pref. Lateand, of Paris; DR.. Dolan,
Halifax; Dr.. Unna, Hamburg, DR.. FaZio,
Naples; DR.. Prosper Pietro de Santa,
Paris; DR.. Conf. Buenos Ayres. we're a
few among the hundreds of eminent
foreigners that occupied seats in the
front of the convention.
DrS. William A. Atkinson, of Phiia-
defphia; George ID. Harrison, of Wash
ington, and Henry Banga, of France,
were elected as associate secretaries;
Dr.. F. S. Arnold, of New York. as treas
urer; DIR. Richard Dunglin, of Phila-
delphia as chairman of the finance COM
mittee; Dr.. Henry Smith, of Philadel-
phia; as chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and DR.. A. ?. Garnett, of Wash
&ngton, chairman of the committee on
arrangements. In refund numbers it is
estimated that the Invading army of
doctors now contains about 5,000sindi-
yidualS. The work of registration is
still in progress, and exact figures are
not yet Obtainable. Of these
NINE-TENTHS ARE AMERICANS.
They range i'll appearance from the
bright-eyed and aggressive young prac-
titiOner, net many years away from the
arms of alma mater, to the gold-specta-
cled, .Snowy-headed and reverend col
lege professor; but an air of boa homme
everywhere prevails among them. OF
the 500 or 400 foreigners present, there
are ford, portly Englishmen, swarthy
Italians, Turks and PerSians, blonde
Russians, Norwegians and Swedes, with
Frenchmen, Danes. Germans, Servians,
MeXicans and South Americans in every
type of eminent responsibility. French
appears to be the favOrite tongue for in
ternatiOnal communion, but there are
not few among the foreigners who
seem to turn without an effort from Ser
Wan to Spanish, Norwegian to Greek,
whose English, though fluent as a spring
freshet, is hard to recognize as such. In
some respects the congress is the most
august convention ever brought together
in this country, and the men composing
it are for the most part distinguished for
general ability and intelligence of a
high order in their profession. In point
of numbers this congress rivals the Lon
don congress of 1881. 1t OutrivalS the
last congress held in Copenhagen in
1884, and the scientific character and
high standing Of its members have
never been eXcelled in any previous con-
greSS.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND,
accompanied by Secretary Bayard and
eX-Speaker Carlisle, entered the theater
a few moments before IL o'clock and
took the seats assigned to them on the
stage. Promptly at II DIR. III. Smith, of
Philadelphia. chairman of the executive
committee of the congress, arose and in
troduced President Cleveland to the
vast audience. This was the signal for
tremendous cheering and clapping of
hands; which lasted for moment or
two. When it had subsidized President
Cleveland stepped forward and said:
l feel that the country should be congratu-
lated to-day at the presence at our national
capital of SO many of those of our own coun-
try, and those representing foreign countries,
who have distinguished themselves in the
science of medicine, and who have devoted
themselves to its further progress. now an
nounce that this congress is open for organ
iZation and the transaction of business.
When President Cleveland took his
seat, he was again greeted with tumult
of cheers. DR.. Nathan Smith Davis was
then announced as president of the con-
greSS. He was escorted to the chair
and made an address. AT the outset he
alluded feelingly to the death of DR..
Austin Flint, of New York, who died in
1886. He spoke of DR.. Flint as one of
the most influential leaders in the prep
aration of the work of this congress,
who. had he lived, would have filled and
now held. Leaving this sad part of his
duty, President Davis thanked the con-
gress for the honor bestowed in select
ing.him to preside over the deliberations
OF so great and learned an assembly.
President Davis then introduced
SECRETARY BAYARD
with few well chosen words. and in
the name of his fellow cOuntrymen, cor
daily welcomed the foreign delegates to
Washington, and acknowledged the
gratitude felt by all in this country over
the selection of the national capital for
the scene of the ninth International
Medical congress.
THANKS RETURNED.
Leading delegates from England,
France, Germany, Italy and Russia were
called upon to respond to Secretary
Bayard'S welcome, and each and all re-
turned thanks for the warm and hearty
welcome accorded by the secretary of
state, and for the splendid reception
that met them at the national capital.
DIR. John Hamilton, supervising surgeon
general of the United States marine
hospital service, was unanimously
elected secretary general of the con-
gress., The list of vice presidents con-
tain 100 or more names. The only
.Americans in the list are ex-presidents
of the American Medical association
and the surgeons general of the army
and navy. The foreigners ON the list
include all who came as delegates from
their respective governments, together
with many others of distinction. Among
to-day's papers is one by Frederick